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The Connecticut Probate Court system is a system of 54 individual probate courts located throughout the state of Connecticut. The jurisdiction of each court extends to the legal affairs of the deceased, estates, some aspects of family law, conservatorship , and several other matters requiring specific legal decisions. [ 1 ]
Courts of Connecticut include: State courts of Connecticut. Connecticut Supreme Court [1] Connecticut Appellate Court [2] Connecticut Superior Court (13 districts) [3] Connecticut Probate Courts (54 districts) [4] Federal court located in Connecticut: United States District Court for the District of Connecticut [5]
Dianne Yamen: [39] First female probate judge in Danbury, Connecticut (1990) [Fairfield County, Connecticut] Mary Hall (1882): [ 1 ] [ 2 ] First female lawyer in Hartford County, Connecticut Catherine Kligerman: [ 40 ] First female to serve as the President of the Hartford County Bar Association, Connecticut (1990)
The probate court will then oversee the process of distributing the deceased's assets to the proper beneficiaries. A probate court can be petitioned by interested parties in an estate, such as when a beneficiary feels that an estate is being mishandled. The court has the authority to compel an executor to give an account of their actions.
In common law jurisdictions, probate is the judicial process whereby a will is "proved" in a court of law and accepted as a valid public document that is the true last testament of the deceased; or whereby, in the absence of a legal will, the estate is settled according to the laws of intestacy that apply in the jurisdiction where the deceased resided at the time of their death.
The Connecticut Superior Court is the state trial court of general jurisdiction. It hears all matters other than those of original jurisdiction of the Probate Court, and hears appeals from the Probate Court. The Superior Court has 13 judicial districts which have at least one courthouse and one geographical area court.
The United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (in case citations, D. Conn.) is the federal district court whose jurisdiction is the state of Connecticut. The court has offices in Bridgeport, Hartford, and New Haven. Appeals from the court are heard by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Lisa Wexler is currently serving her fourth term as Probate Judge for the Westport/Weston Judicial District in Connecticut. In 2022, she won as a Democrat, [1] having won the prior three elections as a Republican. She won with over 72 percent of the vote. [2] In 2013, She ran as a Republican and won in Westport by a 58 percent to 42 percent ...